All the Contract of Service Workers (COSW) and Job Orders (JO) personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO1) are now ensured of social security protection under the Expanded Self-Employed Program of the Social Security System (SSS). This is after the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signing between and among continue reading : DSWD, SWEAP Field Office 1 chapter on partnership with SSS
DSWD’s Supplementary Feeding Program, on its 4th year
Serving the best welfare and interest of Day Care Children and DSWD’s contribution to the Millennium Development Goal Number 1, the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, the Supplementary Feeding will continue to feed at least 97,026 Day Care Children in Region 1 for 2014. For 2013, DSWD downloaded Php 136,000,000.00 to the Local Government continue reading : DSWD’s Supplementary Feeding Program, on its 4th year
SGPPA helps fulfill a young father’s dream
“Agyamanak ta naala ak nga scholar. Agadalak tapnu sumayaat ti biag ko ken ti pamilyak” (I am thankful to be one of the chosen scholars. I will study hard to improve mylife and my family.) said JR Tamang, a 23 -year old Student Grants in Aide Program for Poverty Alleviation (SGPPA) scholar from Cervantes, Ilocos continue reading : SGPPA helps fulfill a young father’s dream
DSWD to validate Social Pension Program and MCCT-FNSP beneficiaries
To determine the poverty status of the Social Pension Program for indigent Senior Citizens and Modified Conditional Cash Transfer for Families in Need of Special Protection (MCCT-FNSP) beneficiaries/recipients who are not registered in the Listahanan database of poor households, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO1) conducts special validation in continue reading : DSWD to validate Social Pension Program and MCCT-FNSP beneficiaries
Solsona Pantawid Beneficiaries Arise in ‘Vermiculture’ from DSWD’s Cash for Work
A dream came true with vermiculture. A practical and environment-friendly, earning enterprise has reached 299 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in Solsona, Ilocos Norte, who are now maintaining 716 beds/units of vermi worms. It can be recalled that in 2011, DSWD’s Cash for Work Program was tapped by the Local Government of Solsona for the restoration of continue reading : Solsona Pantawid Beneficiaries Arise in ‘Vermiculture’ from DSWD’s Cash for Work
DSWD awards capital assistance to Adamians
On May 1, 2014, Labor Day, DSWD released Php 77,000.00 capital assistance to 10 Pantawid beneficiaries for their soft broom and wine making projects which are among the viable projects in Adams, Ilocos Norte. This assistance was made possible in coordination with the District Office of Congressman Rodolfo Fariñas to support the income generating activities continue reading : DSWD awards capital assistance to Adamians
“Bahay Kubo” customized for FDS
A “kubo” or “bahay kubo” is a useful native Filipino shelter. It has proven its value to Filipinos then and now. Today, it is proving its worth once again to Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries in the Municipality of Dingras, Ilocos Norte especially in the conduct of the Family Development Sessions (FDS). FDS activities are continue reading : “Bahay Kubo” customized for FDS
Senior Citizens’ Center to rise in Tio-angan, Bagulin
Barangay Tio-angan, the farthest barangay of Bagulin, La Union is one of the least visited areas for development because of the difficult terrain (4 hour-walk or 2 hour-solo motor-ride). But with DSWD’s Grassroots Participatory Budgeting (GPB) previously known as Bottom Up Budgeting (BUB), another government’s assistance is along the way. This is the construction of continue reading : Senior Citizens’ Center to rise in Tio-angan, Bagulin